Molecular Characteristics of Bovine Virus Diarrhoea Virus 1 Isolates from Turkey: Approaches for an Eradication Programme

OĞUZOĞLU T. Ç., Muz D., Yilmaz V., TİMURKAN M. Ö., ALKAN F., Akça Y., ...More

Transboundary and Emerging Diseases, vol.59, no.4, pp.303-310, 2012 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 59 Issue: 4
  • Publication Date: 2012
  • Doi Number: 10.1111/j.1865-1682.2011.01272.x
  • Journal Name: Transboundary and Emerging Diseases
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.303-310
  • Keywords: Bovine virus diarrhoea virus, Molecular characterization, Turkey
  • Hatay Mustafa Kemal University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Forty pestivirus isolates sampled from cattle in Turkey between 2002 and 2007 were characterized according to 5′ untranslated region (5′UTR) sequences and autoprotease (Npro) gene sequences. The sampling of Bovine virus diarrhoea viruses (BVDVs) from 15 farms in five different regions indicated that BVDV 1-l (18/40, 45%) was the predominant genotype in Turkey; the samples also contained the genotypes 1-f (10/40, 25%), 1-b (7/40, 17.5%), 1-d (3/40, 7.5%), and 1-a (2/40, 5%), respectively. © 2011 Blackwell Verlag GmbH.